Professor George Warimwe should be a household name in Kenya. He’s a leading scientist who…
PUBLIC HEALTH
Scientists Mystified, Wary, as Africa Avoids Covid Disaster
At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept…
Hazardous Levels of Alcohol Consumption Identified in African Hunter-Gatherer Group
The Mbendjele BaYaka are an Indigenous Congolese hunter-gatherer population, one of a number of “Pygmy”…
Managing HIV Treatment Failure: Time to Revamp?
A randomized controlled trial found that the addition of genotypic resistance testing to routine care…
Africa Tries to End Vaccine Inequity by Replicating Its Own
In a pair of Cape Town warehouses converted into a maze of airlocked sterile rooms,…
Women Left Behind: Gender Gap Emerges in Africa’s Vaccines
The health outreach workers who drove past Lama Mballow’s village with a megaphone handed out…
Gold Mine Workers Face Risk of Death in the Community More Than Double That of Non-Miners
A 1-year-long analysis of two gold mining communities in Tanzania found that mine workers faced…
Change What South African Men Think of Women to Combat Their Violent Behaviour
South Africans wish to see men and boys change their violent behaviour towards women and…
Report: Corruption at S Africa Health Ministry During Covid
A report into dealings by senior officials at South Africa’s health ministry during the coronavirus…
Ebola Vaccine Regimen Generates Strong Immune Response in Children and Adults in a Clinical Trial in Sierra Leone
Johnson & Johnson’s two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen is safe, well tolerated and produces a strong…
